#e2e2e5

Color #e2e2e5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 2.7 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-200 #e4e4e7 · ΔE 0.4

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Conversions

HEX

#e2e2e5

RGB

rgb(226, 226, 229)

HSL

hsl(240, 5.5%, 89.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 1.3%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(89.96, 0.54, -1.46)

LCH

lch(89.96, 1.56, 290.3)

OKLCH

oklch(91.4%, 0.0041, 285.75)

HWB

hwb(240, 88.6%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5e5e2

Analogous

#e2e3e5

#e2e2e5

#e3e2e5

Triadic

#e2e2e5

#e5e2e2

#e2e5e2

Split-complementary

#e2e2e5

#e5e3e2

#e3e5e2

Tetradic

#e2e2e5

#e5e2e5

#e5e5e2

#e2e5e2

Square

#e2e2e5

#e5e2e3

#e5e5e2

#e2e5e3

Shades

Color #e2e2e5 mixed toward black.

#babac1

#92929d

#6b6b78

#484850

#242428

Tints

Color #e2e2e5 mixed toward white.

#e7e7e9

#ececee

#f0f0f2

#f5f5f6

#fafafb

Tones

Color #e2e2e5 mixed toward gray.

#e2e2e5

#e2e2e4

#e3e3e4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e2e2e4 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#e2e2e4 · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#e2e4e4 · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#e2e2e2 · ΔE 1.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e2e2e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e2e2e5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#e2e2e5 (#e2e2e5) is rgb(226, 226, 229) in RGB.

No, #e2e2e5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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